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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1915.

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Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

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To all whom t may concern.- p

Be it known that I, HARRY J. Hoovnn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful llmprovements inIncinerators, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to incinerators -for burning garbage and the'like.Tn stoves of this character, the great difficulty is in providing forthe complete quick burning up of wet matter such as garbage, and indoing so to make no odor and no undue heat in the room where it isburning.

It is the object of this invention to provide an incinerator in whichthe burners are protected from becoming clogged and in which there areadequate draft passages in the firepot to preventsuocation of the flameemployed -in the burning.

Tt is also an object to jacket the entire body of the incinerator sothat odors and heat are kept Within the body and do not escape into theroom, and generally it is desired to provide a gas, garbage burningstove in which the parts are simple, durable and easily assembled.

These objects and other advantages to be noted are accomplished by thatcertain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter morespecifically pointed out and claimed.

` In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal vertical section thereof, on the lines 2, 2, of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross sec.- tlon of the device, on the line3, 3, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken above the grate,on the lines 4, 4, of Fig. 2.

Speoilcation ot Letters Patent.

Application led eptember 3, 1915. Serial No. 48,754.

Patented du. 15, 1816..

the grate is the door 12 in which the garbage inside walls'thereof. @verthis frame is set another frame 15, which has depending Hanges 16 at thefront and rear to seat on the lframe for the grate bars. Along the sideof this frame are depending toothed members 17 which form a protectinggrating for the tubular gas burners 8, 8. These burners are insertedthrough the front of the stove and rest at' the rear in brackets 18formed on the grate bar frame. Thus the burners which have their gasoutlets 19 spaced along their entire length are to be easily assembledin the stove and are constantly protected from becoming clogged bygarbage working into the holes when it is fed down on the grate. Thisprotection is an important portion of my invention and goes a long Wayto preventing a smothering of the fire during incineration. The tubu--lar burner pipes are mounted, one on one side and one on the other ofthe grate, and the protecting grating extends out over the top of theburner, so that although the flame from the burner is directed out overthe grate bars, still the burners are entirely underneath the extendingpiece of the protecting grate.

On top of the frame 15 are set slabs of tire'brick 20, 20, at the sides,and 21 at the front. At the rear of the frame 15 is an extended portion22, which leads to a draft opening 23 in the rear of the stove body, andthis extension has side teeth 24 to engage the notches 25 in the hoodmember 26. This hood member has a depending portion 27 at each side inwhich these notches are located, and which seats directly over theextended portion 22 and protects the flue opening 23 from becomingclogged with garbage. Lugs 28, 28, on the extension 22, engage on theinside of the sides 27 of the hood member, thereby holding the hoodmember firmly in place. On top of the hood member is then set a slab offire clay 29, which terminates just below the upper draft opening 30 inthe stove body. Directly beneath the to of the stove body is set anotherslab of lire lbrick"31,thereby leaving a ire pot completely protected byfire cla excepting for the space 32 opposite the eed door and Hueopenings and 23 above the grate bars. Below the grate bars is athlrd Hueopening 33, 'so that there is no chance of the Hame becoming'smotheredby the garbage closing up the Hue openings. The Hue opening below thegrate w1ll never be clogged. The Hue o ening directly above the grate 1sprotected y the hood member, and the Hue o ening near the top of the stove body comp etes a draft system which will take care of allcontingencies. These draft opemngs communicate with a rear Hue 34,mounted on the back of the stove, and a base damper 35 for the lowerdraft opening is mounted 4in the base of the Hue.

' Resting on side and top lugs 2 and 5"v respectively on the stove body,and covering the stove, except at the front, 1s a sheet iron v casinghaving sides 36, 36, a back 37 and a ses top 38. The sides are turned inat the front at 36, exposing the stove front. The top seats on lugs onthe top of the stove body, and the sides and rear terminate at the topof the legs leaving a complete air space around the stove body, with abase opening therefor all the way around. At the upper reark centralportion of this outer bo y is formed a large Hue 39, into which is ledthe pipe 343L on the Hue 34 of the stove body already mentioned. The airrushesup inside of the casing between it and the stove body, and servesto carry away all hot air and odors which may escape from the'stove bodyitself so as to entirely prevent their escaping into the room. Thisouter body also insulates the stove from the room, in view of the factthat an air space is left between the outer shell and the sheet ironbody of the stove.

The various features of my new incinerator seem now apparent, and it isnot believed to be necessary to describe the means adopted to connectgas to the tubular burners, as this may be done in any desired manner,the important point in the burner mounting being that the burners areinserted through apertures in the front of the stove and held onbrackets at the rear 0f the grate bar frame, so that they may be readilyremoved without talcing the stove to pleces.

Mention has not been made of any equivalent structures which wouldchange mechanically my device without departing from the spirit of myinvention, but it is not desired by this omission to limit the scope ofthe claims that follow to exact structure where such is not claimed.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an incinerator, a fire pot, a plate set below said ot and carryingate bars, tubular gas Burners held on sai plate immediately aboveit soas to lie above the supporting surface of the grate bars, and saidburners adapted to project a jet of gas substantially parallel with thegrate, a frame set on the plate, `and a protecting grating comprisingdownwardly curvin teeth extending from the sides of said rame, so as tolie over the burners, for the purpose described.

2. In an incinerator, a Hre pot, lateral grate bars below said Hre ot,gas burners at the base of the pot and agove the arbage supportingsurface of said grate ars, a fire cla llning for the Hre pot, a Hue atthe rear o the incinerator and outside of the lining, and openings intosaid Hue below the gas burners and grate bars and directly above the gasburners and grate bars.

3. In an incinerator, a Hre ot, grate bars below the said fire pot, gasurners above said grate bars, a Hue at the rear of the incinerator, andopenings into said Hue located below the grate bars and directly abovethe grate bars, and means for protecting the opening above the gratebars from becoming clogged with garbage.

4. In an incinerator, a fire pot, grate bars below the said fire ot, gasburners above said grate bars, a ue at the rear of the incinerator, andopenings into said Hue located below the grate bars and directly abovethe grate bars, and a structure closed except at ythe front over saidlatter o ening, said structure having a hood depen ing over the opening,for the urpose described.

5. In an incinerator, a re pot, grate bars therefor, tubular gas burnersset over the grate bars, and a frame set over the grate bars andburners, said frame having an extending toothed grating at the sides toprotect the burners, an extending plate at the rear ofthe framecommunicating without, and a draft opening in the incinerator, and ahood set over the said plate, for protecting the opening from becomingclogged with garbage. p

6. In an incinerator, a plate with grate bars pivotally supportedtherein, a frame set on the plate and spaced away therefrom so as toform chambers along each side of lthe plate, said chambers terminatingat the front of the incinerator, openings in front of the incineratorfor inserting into said chambers, and means 1n said chambers forremovably supporting a pair of gas burners, for the purpose described.

7. In an incinerator, a plate with grate bars pivotally supportedtherein, a frame set on the plate and spaced away therefrom so as toform chambers along each side of the plate, said frame having dependinteeth along the sides to protect the openings of said chambers, andmeans in said chambers gas burnersmensen for removably supporting a pairof gas over the opening, and slabs of re brick burners, for the purposedescribed. built up on .said frame on all sides of tbe 8. In anincinerator, a set of grate bars, a, incinerator, and re brick set overthe top 10 frame over said grate bars and extending of the side rebricks, to form a completely 5 into the inside of the incinerator, aflue lined incinerator.'`

opening at one end thereof, with e rojecting member on said frame extening J. HOOVER.

